As every wind of doctrine is marshaled against the church, more determined efforts are required to alert and warn of the dangers and errors that are now endemic in most congregations. In Keepers of the faith, Colin and Russel Standish have attempted to achieve three critical goals:

The book is especially directed to the gospel ministers and lay leaders in the church. The tittle reflects the grave responsibility of every chosen leader, both ministerial and lay, to uphold 'the faith which was once deliver unto the saints." Previous editions of the book, however have found a wide circulation among rank-and-file laity who have discovered it to be one of the clearest presentations of the Bible principle of truth and righteousness by faith. It is a timely warning of clerical efforts to alter the faith of the laity,substituting a liberal agenda devoid of Biblical mandate. Committed Christians reading this book will do so with marked benefit.